Suryaa Telangana Desk: State Revenue, Housing, Information and Public Relations Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy has clarified that measures have been initiated to soon provide house sites to eligible journalists in the state capital, Hyderabad. A delegation from the Telangana Union of Working Journalists (TUWJ), led by state president K. Virahat Ali and state general secretary K. Ramnarayana, met the minister at the Secretariat on Wednesday and submitted a memorandum containing resolutions from their recent state executive committee meeting.
Virahat Ali and Ramnarayana brought to the minister's notice that their executive committee meeting expressed gratitude for the recent positive statements made by Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and Minister Ponguleti Srinivas Reddy regarding house sites for journalists. They stated that the meeting passed a resolution requesting the government to expedite the process and resolve the anxiety among journalists. They also highlighted another major resolution requesting the government to implement a health scheme to ensure health security for journalists.
Responding to the representation, Minister Srinivas Reddy stated that the government has first initiated action to resolve the house site issue for journalists working in Hyderabad and will distribute the sites soon. He further clarified that immediately after completing this process, steps will be taken to provide house sites to journalists working in the districts as well. Union state secretary Kompalli Srikanth Reddy, state treasurer Mothe Venkat Reddy, and state executive member A. Rajesh were also part of the delegation that met the minister.
